My Teachers Said Ghost Pokemon KILL Their Trainers, So I Chose GASTLY And Taught It Moves At 100%!

Recap

Chu Yi wakes up in his 16-year-old body after dying at 43—but not in the world he remembers. Pokémon are real, humanity lives behind defended cities, and his teachers warn that Ghost-types often kill the trainers who raise them. Chu Yi is undeterred: he’s loved Pokémon all his life, and a familiar handheld console has somehow come with him, lodged inside his mind. It can reveal a Pokémon’s stats and moves, and its system can teach moves with a 100% success rate—though improving Pokémon costs a fortune in coins.

His first taste of the new world comes through a Bunnelby in his family’s orchard, which triggers the console’s scanning ability. At school, Chu Yi uses it to survive a tough entrance exam: it can recall information he’s previously seen, but it can’t conjure knowledge from nowhere. He also keeps his answers plausible, deliberately avoiding revelations about Pokémon types and evolutions this world hasn’t discovered.

The practical exam is a trap. Students choose borrowed Pokémon to battle a trainer’s Grumpig, and most pick the obvious counters—only to be crushed by its moves. Chu Yi instead spots a neglected Weavile and quietly exploits the fact that the examiners don’t understand its immunity to Psychic attacks. Despite losing points for his choice, he uses agility, hidden Hone Claws, and Double Team to push Grumpig to the brink. The crowd is stunned, and Chu Yi earns the top overall result.

The win brings an offer from gym trainer Su Ming: a gold-edged starter card, cash, and training supplies in exchange for the secret behind Weavile’s immunity. Chu Yi gives him a carefully misleading explanation, letting him believe it’s a quirk of Weavile rather than a clue to an undiscovered type. It’s a funny, tense bit of negotiation: Chu Yi is a teenager with an orchard-family budget, but he calmly refuses the first offer as “not enough” before deciding he’s pushed his luck far enough.

At the university breeding room, Chu Yi abandons his sensible plan to choose an inexpensive Grass-type and picks Gastly, a lonely Level 5 Pokémon hiding in a fake crypt. Gastly is so happy to meet him that it pounces and nearly poisons him. Even after a teacher warns that Ghost energy can wear down a trainer, Chu Yi refuses to switch partners. Gastly won’t stay in its Poké Ball, so it settles on Chu Yi’s arm instead—leaving Chu Yi to joke that he’s brought home an air conditioner and wear a coat indoors.

The console’s upgrade system turns out to be both powerful and brutally expensive. Energy cubes can be converted into coins, but the exchange rate is terrible—until Chu Yi learns to make high-grade cubes himself. He also discovers the system’s “lucky bags,” which mostly produce useless thank-you notes. After a ridiculous losing streak, Ditto touches one and gets a rare Evolution Card, prompting Chu Yi to appoint it the official lucky-bag opener.

Chu Yi’s friendship with his old friend Mofan provides a warmer, funnier thread. Mofan chooses Togepi, and Chu Yi suspects that Togepi evolves through affection rather than a stone. His advice is simple: “Eat with her, sleep near her, play with her”—then, “Treat her like your wife,” which leaves Mofan blushing. Their first friendly battle becomes a disaster when Togepi uses Metronome and fires off Hyper Beam, blowing a huge hole through their dorm window. Their teacher arrives furious, throws students down the stairwell with her Gold Duck, and threatens them with prison and expulsion. Togepi, meanwhile, has fallen asleep on the carpet.

Chu Yi’s resolve is tested again when a student forcibly evolves a beloved Vulpix with a Fire Stone. The newly evolved Ninetales is overwhelmed by its own power and lashes out, injuring its trainer before collapsing. The incident leaves the school terrified of its own Pokémon—and makes Chu Yi cautious about forcing evolutions. He keeps that lesson in mind even when he later gets the chance to evolve Pokémon himself.

He gradually turns Gastly into a formidable partner, using the system to teach it moves and improve its stats. Gastly also develops clever uses for those moves on its own: after learning Confuse Ray, it figures out how to make an opponent move like a puppet. At one point, Gastly saves Chu Yi after he collapses during training, carefully feeding him berry juice—one of the story’s more touching signs that their bond is becoming mutual.

Chu Yi’s second partner is Ditto, whom he finds starving in a sewer, disguised as an Ekans and hunted by the town. After Ditto bites him, Chu Yi still offers it food and asks it to become his partner. Ditto chooses to enter the Poké Ball by itself. Chu Yi cleans the sewer grit from its body and promises never to abandon it. Ditto can imitate Pokémon and other objects, though copying a creature requires reading it from the inside and can leave that creature drained. Later, a rare skill stone lets Ditto switch forms rapidly and fight by instinct. It becomes the team’s healer, scout, disguiser, and surprisingly versatile combatant.

Chu Yi also creates a secret identity: a gray-haired, scarred “tutor” named You, disguised with Ditto. Since Chu Yi’s system can teach moves perfectly, he takes risky jobs teaching Pokémon moves from skill stones that other trainers often fail to use. The disguise lets him earn money and coins without drawing attention to his real identity. Gastly helps by quietly feeding on opponents’ energy, while Ditto handles disguises and evidence. Chu Yi warns Gastly not to use that ability where people can see it—he’s already worried that the world’s fear of Ghost-types could turn lethal.

The dangers around him grow. The school loses five teachers in a wild Pokémon attack, a grim reminder that training is genuinely dangerous. Later, Ditto secretly goes to one teacher’s grave to learn the form of an Aromatisse, gaining the team a powerful defensive ability and healing moves. Chu Yi is disturbed that he sent Ditto into danger, but the new form becomes an important asset. He and his Pokémon also uncover and defeat an intruder tied to Shark Tooth, a criminal gang led by a masked boss who has asked for Chu Yi by name. The principal—far more powerful and perceptive than he first appears—knows much of Chu Yi’s secret and takes him on as a disciple.

Training with the principal exposes Chu Yi’s weaknesses. Gastly loses a practice battle because Chu Yi reacts to the obvious attack instead of asking why the opponent used it. The principal points out that Gastly had been shielding Chu Yi during the fight, taking risks Chu Yi didn’t even notice. His lesson: a trainer must learn to protect himself, and Pokémon are not just tools to be ordered around.

For his third Pokémon, Chu Yi encounters a badly injured Scyther fighting a Sudowoodo in the wild. Scyther has lost an arm, its wings are damaged, and its stats are terrible—but it refuses to stop fighting. Chu Yi challenges it harshly, trying to find out whether it still wants to get stronger. After it attacks him even without its blades, he offers it a choice: join him or leave. Scyther chooses him, and Chu Yi uses the Evolution Card to transform it into Scizor, a Pokémon and Steel-type unknown to this world. Scizor enters its Poké Ball voluntarily, a major emotional moment for Chu Yi, who finally feels like a true trainer.

At the national school league in Shanghai, Chu Yi enters Gastly and Scizor—keeping Ditto’s abilities mostly hidden. Scizor’s first televised match is a showcase of strategy and surprises. It blows away a Butterfree’s Stun Spore with Defog, defeats an Ariados despite its poison, and uses Substitute to fool its opponent. Against a powerful Heracross, Scizor refuses to return to its Poké Ball. It unveils Swords Dance and finishes the fight with Aerial Ace, exploiting Heracross’s Bug/Fighting weakness. The crowd is speechless, Chu Yi advances, and Scizor raises a trembling pincer toward him after the victory.

The win also leaves Chu Yi exposed. The whole country has seen him, while his Pokémon are growing stronger, his own health is being affected by Ghost energy, and the masked criminal boss remains at large. The recap ends with the tournament still underway and Chu Yi’s secret—and his place in the wider world—becoming harder to hide.

Personalities

• Chu Yi — A reincarnated former editor: strategic, observant, dryly funny, and willing to take risks, but increasingly determined to treat his Pokémon as partners rather than tools.
• Gastly — Affectionate, mischievous, and frighteningly powerful; often rides on Chu Yi’s shoulder and takes its role as protector seriously.
• Ditto (“Xio”) — A wary, resourceful survivor who gradually learns to trust Chu Yi. It communicates mostly with the word “Change.”
• Scizor — A badly injured former Scyther who is proud, stubborn, and eager to prove its worth.
• Mofan — Chu Yi’s loyal longtime friend, who raises Togepi and often ends up caught in the chaos around Chu Yi.
• Togepi — Sweet and affectionate, but capable of wildly unpredictable Metronome attacks.
• Yang Lan — A quiet, perceptive classmate who is unusually unafraid of Chu Yi’s Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Principal Wei — A powerful, shrewd mentor who recognizes Chu Yi’s potential and teaches him the dangers of real battles.
• Sister Z — The principal’s composed secretary, secretly a renowned former champion and Fire-type trainer.
• Su Ming — A gym trainer who tries to buy the secret behind Chu Yi’s exam strategy.
• The masked boss — The mysterious leader of Shark Tooth, who has specifically ordered his gang to bring Chu Yi to him.